POMEROY, OH — A Pomeroy courtroom was packed with members of Amish community as an unusually disturbing murder case advanced though Ohio’s court system. Samuel Hochstetler, 18, is accused of killing 28-year-old Rosanna Kinsinger, of Pomeroy. Hochstetler was…
For the towns along Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction through North Carolina, rebuilding homes and stores takes time. But thanks to an army of volunteers, rebuilding the sense of community in towns like Chimney Rock…
By the flicker of a candle or lantern, children gather textbooks and lunch pails for their morning journey down country roads to primitive schoolhouses. Ohio and Pennsylvania are home to 179,000 Amish, all of whom…
An armed man allegedly robbed two Amish buggies in western Pennsylvania, according to police. Authorities received a report of an armed robbery on a road in Lackawannock Township in Mercer County at approximately 8 p.m. on Thursday,…
A Kentucky area couple is thankful to be alive thanks to a nearby Amish community. A massive storm system moved through the area over the weekend bringing significant rainfall, leading to flooding. On Tuesday morning,…
A traffic law in Ohio is being challenged by some members of the Amish community. The law, passed about two years ago, requires animal-drawn vehicles to display a flashing yellow light to increase visibility in…
In the 1960s, the Swartzentrubers — one of the most conservative subgroups of Old Order Amish — worked out a deal with the Ohio government: instead of marking their vehicles with an orange slow moving…
When the buggies started arriving at the accident scene, Cumberland County Sheriff Darrell Hodges feared that a confrontation was about to erupt. Hodges had been called to the site of a horrible traffic crash on…
Question: I’ve been seeing posts online about how groups of Amish and Mennonite volunteers have come down to help build homes in Western North Carolina. Is this true? Answer: Religious disaster response groups have been incredibly active…
STURGIS, MI – A Michigan woman was arrested after officials said she stole a horse and Amish buggy from a Walmart parking lot. The victims went shopping at a Walmart in Sturgis but when they came…
